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From 1995 to 2013, a total of 296,438 Indian farmers died by suicide. [11] During the same period, about 9.5 million people died per year in India from other causes including malnutrition, diseases and suicides that were non-farming related, or about 171 million deaths from 1995 to 2013. [81]
A 2018 report highlighted the fact that male farmers, ranchers, and agricultural managers were nearly twice as likely to die by suicide as the general working population (32.2 suicides per 100,000 people compared to 17.3 suicides per 100,000 people, respectively). [1] Note, in 2020 male suicide rates are 3.88 times higher than female rates. [2]
India reported that a total of 296,438 Indian farmers committing suicide between 1995 and 2015. [49] The Indian Armed Forces lose 100 soldiers every year due to suicides and fratricides . [ 50 ] [ 51 ] In 2020 more business people committed suicide than farmers.
According to Shiva, "Soaring seed prices in India have resulted in many farmers being mired in debt and turning to suicide". The creation of seed monopolies, the destruction of alternatives, the collection of superprofits in the form of royalties, and the increasing vulnerability of monocultures has created a context for debt, suicides, and ...
“It should be of huge concern to every one of us that the suicide rate among male farmers is three times the national average, and the highest among any sector in the economy,” Environment ...
The spectre of farmers' suicides; Farmers are committing suicide in western Odisha :Kosal Discussion and Development Forum; Farmers committing suicide due to crop failure in western Orissa, Govt refuses ; Congress MP demands separate W Orissa state; Farmers threaten mass suicide [permanent dead link ] List of Farmers committed suicide in Orissa
Films about farmers' suicides in India (19 P) Pages in category "Farmers who died by suicide in India" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
A farmer with skulls allegedly belonging to the farmers who had committed suicide. March 14: Around 80 farmers started their protests in Jantar Mantar, Delhi led by a 72 year old farmer, P. Ayyakannu demanding loan waivers from the central government. [18] [19] The first day the farmers protested with the skulls of the farmers who had committed ...